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Topic: Generation Skipping (Read 14741 times)

Each new generation creates their own perspective of the world in which we live, while those of us, from the prior generation, just look on with awe and wonder. I was born in 1954 and the world has sure changed. With that in mind, I'd like to hear what you think are the simple things, that this new generation will never know. I'll start with some of mine.

Ice Cream parlors and penny candy stores.

Phones with cords.

When "contact lists", quaintly known as phone numbers, were stored either in your head, or on a piece of paper.

Public pay phones.

A world with few computers and no Internet.

Black and white television.

The prize in a box of "Cracker Jacks" and the messages from Joe in Bazooka bubble gum.

Kids being able to wander their neighborhood, with the only real fears, being moving cars and mad dogs.

Purely mechanical vehicles with the highest intelligence, belonging to the driver.

Gas at 25 CENTS per gallon.

A MikeyDee's burger for 20 cents.

Boy, do I feel old. So what else might this generation be missing, in terms of experiences?

I remember when both the milk man and the insurance man came door to door.

Good one. Reminds me of milk boxes and coal bins/doors and skimming the cream off a glass bottle of milk.

Also thought of Betamax and 8-track tapes. 5 1/4" floppy disks and computers that had 64kb (you read that right) of memory and a 20mb hard drive was consider as impossible to fill. Along with an amber monitor, that was one of the first IBM PC-XTs from the early 80's and it could be yours for $11,500 and yes you read that right.

Remember life before answering machines and voicemail? The phone would ring, no one would answer and you just called back later. You might not reach someone for a couple of days and it was perfectly normal. Now people freak out if they can't reach someone in a couple of hours.

Remember when people smoked cigarettes everywhere?

I was wondering if gas prices keep increasing whether there will be a return to people stealing gas out of your car.

When going to the Saturday matinee cost .35 cents. Popcorn and Mean Green Soda was only .50 cents more. A weekly allowance of $1.00. (assuming I did my chores. )Hershey bars .10 cents each or 3 for a .25.

Those TVs had to warm up when you turned them on before the picture was available.... AND when you turned them off the picture would quickly shrink down to a little dot in the center of the screen before going off with a click.

The highlight of our Summer Vacation was going to the Lake...on family picnics....

We DROVE in our cars to those vacation spots....no motels for us..you could pull over in any wooded area off the road and go camping with a blanket spread between two cars...without five State Troopers stopping to make you move on...

And...popping Jiffy pop popcorn , a pitcher of ice tea, and the whole family sitting in front of the TV and watching...(Alanbama)...The Wizard of OZ...every summer....

Same for Capt Kirk and Spock on Star Trek....O.O ooooohhhhh.....

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"I may not be exactly where I want to be, but I sure as Hell am not where I was" Wynnona Judd

Diagnosed/HIV1993AZTNorvir1994-2001Crixivan/Epivir/ZeritNo Meds for 7 Years

That popcorn was sooooooo good. Remember the original TV dinners? If you got one with salisbury steak, peas, and applesauce, one or two of the peas ALWAYS ended up in the applesauce. Of course you had to cook them in a conventional oven and peal back the foil.

My best buddy and I confiscated a couple of hits of blotter from his 14 year old nephew also two hits of X .

It was the proper adult thing for us to confiscate and test the substances in a human trial involving my buddy and I . We determined there was no need to pursue the matter further by involving parents or the authority's .

My best buddy and I confiscated a couple of hits of blotter from his 14 year old nephew also two hits of X .

It was the proper adult thing for us to confiscate and test the substances in a human trial involving my buddy and I . We determined there was no need to pursue the matter further by involving parents or the authority's .

My best buddy and I confiscated a couple of hits of blotter from his 14 year old nephew also two hits of X .

It was the proper adult thing for us to confiscate and test the substances in a human trial involving my buddy and I . We determined there was no need to pursue the matter further by involving parents or the authority's .

Good for you, he probably would have ended up on 72 hrs mental health hold.....not fun, I've been there before when I was a teen, and I almost died

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"it's so nice to be insane, cause no-one ask you to explain" Helen Reddy cc 1974

That popcorn was sooooooo good. Remember the original TV dinners? If you got one with salisbury steak, peas, and applesauce, one or two of the peas ALWAYS ended up in the applesauce. Of course you had to cook them in a conventional oven and peal back the foil.

I always chose the one that had a little brownie in the center top, rather than the cobbler.